AIPAC attacked a Democrat for funding ICE. Now it’s backing one who voted the same way.
AIPAC’s super PAC is spending big to boost Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary — over a record that includes the same ICE funding vote the group used to attack a different Democrat…
Assessment
AIPAC's selective application of its own litmus test on ICE funding reveals a political calculus that prioritizes institutional relationships over ideological consistency. The group's willingness to back a candidate with the same voting record it previously attacked suggests that its endorsement decisions are shaped by broader strategic considerations, not single-issue purity. The outcome of this primary will test whether such inconsistency carries political costs or is simply accepted as standard interest-group maneuvering.